Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy May, 2025 Florence is Still Fantastic A quick spin through Florence for a bit of fun, food and foraging before the serious business begins in Bologna. First gelato of many! Gelateria della Passera is reputedly the best. Our apartment was a mere block away so we dropped our bags on arrival and headed straight here! A solitary stroll steeped in meditative beauty. Even skeleton dogs get in on the action. Laurie made a new friend!
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Lucca
The four km walk along the top of Lucca's Renaissance era defensive wall is the classic activity in Lucca. The walk up here is full of cyclists, runners, walkers and strollers, lots of room for everyone when you have 10m in width. You can tell from the bastion sticking out behind me that the walls are not the height of the earlier Roman and Medieval walls. Called the trace italienne, this was a protection move at the turn of the 1500s when the threat of Florence invading was on everyone's mind.
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